SO Oleg Deripaska's escort Nastya Rybka was detained upon returning to Russia. She's been in jail in Thailand for nearly a year after she claimed to have 16-18 hours of recordings of Putin's favorite oligarch, including alleged discussions w/ 3 Americans for Trump election plan.

#Maddow is now discussing Nastya #Rybka and her claim she had tapes of #Deripaska’s “plan” for the 2016 election. Rybka said she was afraid to return to Russia. This week she was finally released from a Thai jail, deported & promptly arrested in Russia. (Good week for Deripaska)

Nastya Rybka’s arrest in Moscow was unexpected and blocked her from talking to dozens of journalists waiting for her at the airport. Friend Gregory Kogan said Russian & Belarus diplomats in Thailand pledged the group would be safe if they flew via Moscow. washingtonpost.com/world/europe/m…

@natashazotova@ASLuhn "Oleg Vladimirovich, I apologize. I am an instrument. People used me. I will not compromise Deripaska any more"—Nastya #Rybka in court today. She was arrested after being dragged out of Moscow airport…after a year in a Thai jail. New report (in Russian) bbc.com/russian/news-4…

As usual @DarthPutinKGB's take on the Nastya #Rybka - Oleg #Deripaska affair (no pun intended) gets to the heart of how Putin's Russia works better than most. 👇

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How small Trump and Pence are. They stop by the King Memorial on #MLKDay, say nothing about Dr King or his legacy of expanding America's promise of justice, equality & civil rights. They represent the opposite—fear, hate, cages, walls. So small next to the great Stone of Hope.

Showman Trump's photo-op visit to the King Memorial was just long enough for cameras to snap. He even thanked them. "Thank you for being here. I appreciate it" and left. Nothing about the great American he was supposed to be honoring #MartinLutherKingJrDay Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos

Oh snap: Watch how brief Trump & Pence's visit to the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington DC was. Just long enough for cameras to snap. Also long enough to capture the combover swinging in the wind over the bald spot. Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos#MartinLutherKingJrDay

Giuliani makes another major admission—Trump DID speak to Cohen about his testimony beforehand. “So what?” So the guy who lied to us about Russia DIDN’T tell Cohen to lie about Russia?? C’mon. Coaching, coordinating, directing—it’s all witness tampering—obstruction—territory.

Giuliani digs the hole deeper on @CNNSotu. Sidestepped Qs on Trump directing Cohen to lie. Said Trump was too busy running for POTUS to know details of Russia deal. It was COHEN’S project. So Trump talked to Cohen before his false testimony to GET info?? Right. (Tapper’s🤔face :)

@CNNSotu Giuliani did his Sunday morning propaganda best & still made key admissions: 1) Trump did talk to Cohen before his false testimony, 2) T knew abt Moscow project thru Nov election. So POTUS lied to hide he was compromised financially by Russia & had motive & oppty to tell C to lie

‼️“Make it Happen!”—Trump Directed Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project & Visit…even as Trump told the public he had no business deals with Russia. Ivanka & Don Jr received regular detailed updates from Cohen on deal. buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…

After the election, Trump personally & explicitly instructed Cohen to lie about Moscow Tower negotiations ending early in order to obscure Trump’s involvement. Mueller has witness testimony & company emails, text messages, other docs.#Obstruction#SuborningPerjury#ImpeachTrump

FYI Barr memo on Mueller probe: "Obviously…if a President knowingly…suborns perjury, or induces a witness to change testimony, or commits any act deliberately impairing the integrity…of evidence, then he…commits the crime of obstruction," #OBVIOUSLY#Obstruction#Impeachment

2. Deripaska is the CEO of Rusal, the biggest aluminum company in Russia. Ivan Glasenberg, CEO of Glencore, is a nominal control shareholder; sits on the Rusal board. Glencore owns 8.75% in Rusal. Glencore participated in Rosneft privatization in Dec 2016.

#Deripaska shows up in many unreported corners of #RussiaRussiaRussia exposes what bullsh*t this entire scandal is. This one takes the crown and pops up very early. To appreciate, let's review the UNREPORTED pop ups.😂😂1) Munich Security Conference 2016goo.gl/1yaQVy

#Putin's opening to this press conference suggests the takeover of southern #Syria by Asad/Iran is a model of U.S.-Russia cooperation that should be expanded, and flatters Trump that his summit with Kim [which Putin very much liked the look of] resolved the Korean Peninsula.

On #Ukraine, Putin hints broadly that the U.S. agrees with him that Kyiv's intransigence prevented Minsk's implementation, and then carefully lets it be known Trump brought up the election meddling, an assist to Trump politically, before of course dismissing it.

Trump frames engagement around U.S.-Russian co-operation in WW2, notes that unfortunate Cold War business, then says: "Our relationship has never been worse ... that changed as of about four hours ago." Says he is being politically brave to do what's right. Lambastes media + Dems

Bank of Cyprus shareholder Rybolovlev managed to overpay Trump $40M for his Palm Beach mansion- only to quickly tear it down 😳Rybolovlev & Mercer’s yachts were seen anchored next to each other. RenTec, Mercer’s hedge fund uses tax haven at BOC🤔